Glass-blowing apparatus.



P. HORNQUIST. GLASS BLQWING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION mum 11mm. 1911.

Patented Oct.31,1911.

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GLA$S BLOWING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION 111.111) 11mm, 1911.

Patented Oct. 31. 1911.

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APPLIUATION 111.211 n.3, 1911.

Patented 0011.31, 1911.

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; FRANK HonNQuIsr, or KANE, PENNSYLVANIA, "ASSIGNOR, 12vv nrnEcraNn MESNE citizen of the United States, residing-at ,ings 1 denotes the glass melting tank or fur- ASSIGNMENTS, or 'NrNn-r'wEN'rm'rHs 'ro ADOLPH. FIEBIG AND ONE-TENTH .110

nnwann'aq mcnann; BOTH be KANE; PENNSYLVANIA.

- GLASS-BLOWING APPARATUS.

To alt'whom I i Be it knownI-that-I; FRANK-HORNQUIST, a;

Kane, .in the .Icounty of McKean and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in "Glass'-Blowing Apparatus; and I dordeclare'the following to bear full, clear, and l'exact description of makeand use the same.

' in glass blowing apparatus. 1 l

i the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to'which it appertains .to

This inventionrelates to improvements One bject of the invention is to provide a glass blowing apparatus having an improved construction; and arrangement of glass melting, heat regulating and blowing tanks whereby the molten glass may be readily v-- Another object is to provide an apparatus of this character having an improved constructmn and arrangement of blowing pipes drawn from the blowing tanks'or pots and blown to the 'desired'shape.

istillanoth er object 's to p rovidean im: proved meansfqr receiving and conveying the roll of'glass after being blown. to the truck or other: transporting mechanism.

A further object is to provide an improved construction and arrangement of scraping mechanism whereby the cooled glass may be readily scraped from the blowing'tanks or pots.

' With these and otherobjects in view the invention'consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be'morejfullydescribed and particularly. pointed out in the appended claims; 4 l T In the accompanying drawings I Figure 1 is aside elevation-of myimproved glass bljo wingIapparatus; Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on thefline 2- 2 of Fig.

1; Fig. 3 is a similar view on' the line 3--3 of Fig. 1;- Fig. is a'vertical-longitudinal sectional view of the forwar'd end' of the ap paratus; Fig. 5 is-as'imilar view showing the ,manner in which-the cylinder or roll of glass is-removed'; Fig: 6 'isahoriz'ontal sectionalview taken nmnediately above the blowing.

pots; Fig. 7 is a detail side viewof the blow.

pipe; Fig. 8 1: aka-crtical section on theline :8-8 of Fig.7 Fig. 9 is a detail end-view of the glass conveving' hook; '10 is a detail I Specification of ilette'r s'l atent. I Patented O t, 31, 1911 flap ucau n fl1ei1April3, 1911. :S'erialNo. 618,531.

perspective view of one of the blowing Referring mor'e particularly to the drawnace which is-herc shown and is preferably in the form'of a rectangular receptacle having an arched top2 and provided along its sides with 'a series of openings 3 through which the glass forming material is sup plied to the tank and through which the gas burner pipes (not shown) enter the same.

At a suitable 'elevationin the front end of more glass disc arging openings 4 which are connected by short channels or canals iwith a 7 heatregulating tank 6. The ,'tank* 6, is

closed by an arched to 7 and in the ends thereof areprefe'rably ormed a plurality of openin 8 through which gas. conducting pipes not shown) enter the tank and connectwith suitable burners arranged therein for heating the tank. The openings A: be-

tween the molding tank or furnace 1 and the opened and closed by gate valves 9 ar ranged 1n the canals 5 adjacent to the end of the furnace as shown. The gate valves .9 are connected by rods 10 with operating levers 11 and pivotally mountedon suitable supports'and adapted to be engaged with the teeth of segmental racks 12 whereby the valves 9 may be held in an open position.

Connected-to or arranged on the front end of the heat regulating tank 6 are a series of blowing tanks or pots 13 which communi cate with the heat regulating tank through the tank or"fu nace 1 are formed one or channels or canals 5 are adapted to be "lower passages or vopenings 14 and upper I passages 15. Arranged in recesses formed in the upper edges of the side walls and partitions of the tanks or :pipes 16 having therein a plurality of burneropenings through which gas is burned for thepurpose of keeping the material in the pots heated to the proper degree for blowing, The pots or tanks 13 are preferably closed when the glass is not be-. ing blown therefrom by covers 17 which are hingedly connected to the partitions betweenthe pots and are adapted to swing upwardly to out of the way positions when glass is being blown in the pots. p I

In. order to remove the cooled and broken pieces "of glass from the blowing tanks or ots 13 are burner pots 13 I provide a scraping mechanism for outer end of which is revolubly mounted a' gear 20. The gears 20 are operatively engaged with a series of gears 21 which are loosely mounted on an operating shaft 22 journaled in suitable hearings on the upper ends of the posts or standards 18. The gears 21 are locked in engagementwiththe shaft 22 by suitable clutch devices 23 one of the members of which are fixed to the gears while the other members are slidably keyed to the shaft 22 and are adapted to be shifted to operative and inoperative positions by suitable shifting levers 24. I On the gears 20 are arranged crank pins 25 to which are pivotally connected the upper ends of scraper levers or handles 26 on the lower ends ofnvhich are formed scraping blades 27 which are adapted to operate in the blowing tanks or pots to scoop and scrape out the v -cooled and roken glass therefrom. The handles 26 of the levers are pivotally and slidably connected midway between their ends to pivot pins 28 formed on right angularly projecting arms or bars 29 secured to the posts or standards 18 as shown. The scraper handles or levers 26 are engaged withthe pivot pins 28 by means of longitudinal slots 30 formed therein as shown. By thus arranging the levers 26 and con.- necting the same with the crank pins 25 the scrapers will be reciprocated and rocked on the pivot pins 28 by the gears 20 thus projecting theblades 27. of the scrapers into and out of the blowing tanks or pots at the same time moving said blades across the pots thus scooping and scraping out the cooled and broken glass which may adhere to the sides and bottom of the tank after each blowing operation.

My improved blowing mechanism co'mprises a series of supportingposts or standards 31 which are. arranged adjacent to the -front ends of the blow tanks or pots 13 and are disposed near one corner of the same as shown. 0n the upper ends of the posts or standards 31 are formed right angular supporting arms 32 to which are secured the upper-ends of a series of stationary blow pipe SGCtlOIlS 33 said sections being connected at their upper ends to air conducting pipes 34 secured to the posts 31 and extending down to near the-floor or ground where they are connected to any suitable air supply mechanism. Slidably engaged with the stationary section 33' of the blow pipe sections are a series of adjustable telescoping.

sections 35 on the upper ends of'which are formed eyes 36. .To the eyes are connected the ends of pipe elevating cables 37 which extend upwardl and pass around guide pulleys 38 revolu ly mounted on thearms 32 of the standards. From the pulleys 38 the cables 37 pass over double guide pulleys 39 and are connected to operating cables 40 which extend down and around guide pulleys 41 mounted near the lower end of the standards3l and are connected to any suitable operating mechanism whereby when the same are actuated'the outer telescoping sections '35 of the pipes are drawn upwardly from the stationary sections 33 thus drawing up a roll of glass from the blowing pots or tanks, said roll being blown simultaneously with the raising of the same from the pots by the pressure of air forced through said pipe sections from the air conducting pipes 34. The telescoping sections 35 of the pipes are steadied and guided when drawn upwardly by the cables 37 by suitable guide arms 42 arranged on th standards 31 as shown.

The lower,telescoping sections 35 of th! blow pipes are provided on their lower end: with hingedly connected detachable mem bers 43'said members having on the'oppo site sides ofthe u per ends, pivot lugs 4-; which are adapte to engage supporting hooks 45 arrangedon the lower end of tilt tclescopingsections 35 of the pipes. Th1 lower ends of the pipe sections 35 are ta pered or cone shaped to fit similarly shape recesses in the upper ends of the pivotet members 43 of the pipe whereby'when sai members are in alinement and in o rativ engagement with the ipes 35 an air tigh joint or'connection wi 1 be formed betwee1 these parts. On the lower end of the mem bers 43 of the pipes-are formed flared head 46 to which the roll of glass adheres whe1 said ends of the pipes are inserted in th blowing pots.

In connection with the blowing of th glass in the manner described I preferabl provide blowing rings 47 through which th glass is drawn by the blow pipes. The ring 47 are preferably formed of clay and. hav formed on one side pot engaging lugs 4 which bear against and adhere to one side 0 the tank or pot and thus hold the rings i place. In practice a number of the rings 4 eign matter andblisters are scraped or r moved from the glass within the ring by 'stlcko'r other instrument provided for ti purpose after which the blow pipe is let i down until the end or-head 4:6 enters the glass .inclosed'by the ring whereupon the blow pipes are raisedv and the glass drawn 5 through the rings'and blown in the manner described, After the glass has been thus drawn up and blown to the desired extent the roll of glass is out 01f preferably about six inches above the ring after which the re ring with the cooled end'of the glass adhering thereto is again placed in the heat regulating tank and the glass thus melt oil the same; At thenext lowing operation from this pot a fresh ring/will be drawn intothe pet from the heat re ulating tank as hereinbefore described. Byixeeping a number of the rings in the heat regulating tank it will be seen that the blowing opera tion may be continuously carried on. y 2o After the roll ofglassv has been drawn from the pots and blown im the manner de scribed, said roll-is taken from the pipeby a suitable conveying 'mechanism' comprising roll engaging and supporting hooks, said hooks comprising diverging arms 4:9'having their outer endsbent to form} hooks which ereadapted to embrace the roller 'glas s,'one

of said arms being bent at the end ot-the hook thereon to form a stop ;or supportin V finger 5O.wh ich when the hookis apphe 1 the roll of'glass will engage the {lower end 1 thereof and thus prevent the hook'froin slippingup on the roll;' The hook is provided I on one end witha suitable handle 51 and has 5 arranged therein'an eye52 to which-is connected the'lowe rend of a hoisting cable 53 the upper portion of which passes through a guide pulley 54.) The pulley 5a is revolubly mounted in acarrlag'e 55 whichis 'slidabl'y engaged with and adapted to travel on-asupporting wire or cable 56 stretched above the a paratus'i as shown. Inthus arranging the conveying'mechanism the ends of the Y arms49 of the hook areengagedwith the roll of glass' after thes'ame has-been blown and out 01f from the rings inthe blowing pot after which the book by means of the handle 51 is swung to a horizontal position carry;

mg with it the roll of glass.

swung upwardly 1n the ooks 45 on the lower end of the telescoping section 35 of the pipe and when in" this position the end of the glassroll connected to the pipe will be cut oil as indicated in the drawings. 'lhe I roll of glass after'thus having itsupper end cut off be in theform of a cylindrical.

--tube and the roll-is then cut open len thwise and swung overontheeable 56'and deposit ed onto a suitable truck or transporting device by means of whi -h it is ,carried to the 'fiatting room and put into an'oven' and re heated to a suflicient extent to permit the same to be flattened out by asuitablefiattenermitted to Having thus described my invention, what i I claim is:

I In thus swing-'- ing the glass :up to a horizontal position the lower hinged i member 43 offthe pipe will be ing device thus forming a sheet which may be cut to the desired size. v

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings the construction and operation'of the inven- -;tion will be readily understood without re= quirin a more 'extendedexplanation-. v

Var ous changes in the torm,';proportion and theminor deta1ls of construction may be resorted to without departing from the prin- .75

ciple or sacrificing any of. the advantages of the' invention -as vdefined in the appended a 1. In a glass blowing apparatus, a glass melting tank, a heat regulating tank connected to said melting tank, a series of blowing pots connected to said heat regulating tank, means to'control the flow of melted glass from sa1d melting tank to said regulating tank, a blowing mechanism adapted to be engaged with the glass, in said blowing tanks, and means to remove the cold and broken remains oi; the glass from said blowing pots. i

2. A glass blowing apparatus comprising a glass melting tank,-a heat regulating tank connected thereto, a series of blow pots connected with said heat'regulating tank, covers adapted to close said pots when not in use, blowing rings arranged in said heat regulating tank and adapted to be brought into said b owing pots. whereby the glass may be taken from said pots through said rings, adjustably supported blow pipes adapted to be engaged with the glass in said pots, means to raise and lower said blowing pipes while the glass is bein blown thereon, and means to remove the b own glass from the blowing pipes. a

3'. A glass blowing apparatus comprising a glass melting tank, a heat regulating tank connected thereto, a series of blow pots conne ted to said heat regulating tank, said pots 1 harrng upper and lowerfeed passages connecting the same with said regulating tank,

a glass blowing mechanism, said mechanism nected to said meltingta nk, valves to control the flow. of melted glass from said melting tanks to said heat regulating tanks,--a pot series of scra )in mechanism com risin D supporting standards, bearing brackets arranged on the upper ends of said standards, crank gears revolubly mounted on said brackets," a drive shaft, pinions slidably 5' keyed to said shaft, means to shift said p i11 ions into 'operativeengagement with said crank gears whereby the latter are driven,

a sfies of scrapers, said scrapers being pivotally c'o'nnected at their upper ends to said locrank" gears and adapted to be projected thereby at their lower ends into said blow-- 'ing tanks, scraper rocking devices comprising' a series of arms secured to said standards, pivot pins arranged in the outer 15 ends of said members, slotted enlargements FRANK HoRNQUIsT,

Witnesses:

F. J. Woons, J. T. -TUOHY. 

